Dublin Racing Festival day one tips: Galopin Des Champs hard to oppose in Irish Gold Cup  

Willie Mullins’ nine-year-old looked every bit as good as ever when dictating matters and sprinting clear to win the Savills Chase at the Christmas

BACK FOR MORE: Having won the last two renewals of the Irish Gold Cup, Galopin Des Champs can complete a hat-trick at Leopardstown on Saturday.  Picture: Healy Racing

Willie Mullins, who dominated last year’s meeting by taking all eight Grade Ones, should get the perfect start to day one of the Dublin Racing Festival thanks to Final Demand and Sainte Lucie. He can follow up with Majborough and Galopin Des Champs for a clean sweep of the top-level events.

Galopin Des Champs and Fact To File renew rivalry in the Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup and there is no obvious reason why the former, who has won the last two runnings of this and the Cheltenham Gold Cup, will not confirm form with his stablemate.